Elderly shoppers targeted by thieves in Buxton

Police are investigating a series of thefts from elderly shoppers in Buxton.

On Monday, May 12, an 83-year-old woman was in Aldi in Station Road between 10.30am and 10.45am.

A spokesman for Derbyshire Constabulary said: “She got to the till and found her bag was missing from her trolley. CCTV shows a woman taking it. She is white with short black hair and wore a grey jacket and black trousers.”

On the same day, at about 10.50am, an 81-year-old woman had her bag taken from her trolley by the same woman.

In another incident, between 11.15am and 11.40am on Monday, June 5, a 71-year-old woman was in Waitrose at Spring Gardens.

When she got to the till, she realised her handbag, which was hanging off the trolley, was missing.